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Masoud Noori, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: IranIndependent Scholar. “From Rule of Law to Rule by Law: How Law Becomes an Instrument of Power” This lecture explores how legal systems can be transformed from mechanisms that constrain public power into instruments for exercising and…Continue reading→
Omar Sadr, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: AfghanistanLocation: Sweden “The Politics of Poor’s Resistance Against the Taliban Totalitarian Regime” This chapter explores the dynamics of the poor’s civil resistance within the constrained political landscape of Afghanistan’s religious, totalitarian regime. It argues that the poor…Continue reading→
Abdul Momin Mansoor, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: AfghanistanLocation: US “Resilience as a Framework for the 21st Century: Governance, Energy, and Public Policy” Drawing on my public-sector leadership and institutional reform experience in Afghanistan, alongside my current research at the University of North Dakota, this…Continue reading→
Mansour Ali Mohammad Al-Maswari, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: YemenLocation: Canada “The Risk of Renewed Escalation Between the Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi Arabia” The Middle East is entering a new phase of geopolitical uncertainty as regional conflicts become increasingly interconnected. This talk examines the growing risk…Continue reading→
Svitlana Tarasenko, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: UkraineIndependent Scholar. “Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based Universities.” This talk explores how artificial intelligence and cloud technologies have changed higher education and strengthened institutional resilience during periods of crisis. Using digital twins and cloud architecture, it is possible…Continue reading→
Ilya Solomeshch, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: RussiaFormerly hosted by the European Humanities University. “The Past as a Tool, Hostage, Pawn, and Concubine of State Propaganda. How do Russian Politics Mobilize History to Explain the Present and Create the Image of the Future?” History…Continue reading→
Waheedullah Saghar, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: AfghanistanLocation: Germany “Silencing a Nation’s Music: The Destruction of Afghanistan’s Musical Revival after August 2021” After decades of war and civil conflict, Afghanistan experienced a remarkable cultural revival during the period of the Islamic Republic (2001-2021). Music,…Continue reading→
Yurii Latysh, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: BelarusLocation: Brazil “De-Ukrainization: Russian approaches to politics of memory in the occupied Ukrainian territories” The Russо-Ukrainian war is eschatological for the aggressor. It is waged not for economic interests (like most known wars), nor for the occupation…Continue reading→
Raika Khorshidian, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: IranLocation: Germany “Heritage for Resistance vs. Heritage for Propaganda in AI-Truth Era in Iran” AI image-generation technology is a “game changer” that has revolutionized both speculative art activism and state propaganda. For about five decades, the Islamic…Continue reading→
Gebremedhin Haile, NUIEC Scholar Lecture Series
Country of Origin: EthiopiaLocation: US “Societal Resiliencies in Tigray, Ethiopia” The war on Tigray (2020-2022) launched by the Ethiopian government allied with foreign countries has caused extreme suffering for millions of Tigrayans living in Ethiopia and abroad. Tigrayans have been…Continue reading→